India at Commonwealth Games 2022, Highlights

India at Commonwealth Games 2022: The 2022 Commonwealth Games have just concluded. Australia finishes first with 178 medals. India ranked 4th with 61 medals including 22 golds. It’s an important topic of Sports Current Affairs for upcoming competitive exams. Check out the major records of India in this Birmingham Commonwealth game 2022.

Commonwealth games 2022 venues

Commonwealth games 2022 host Country

• The 2022 Commonwealth Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were held in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.

Host city of 22nd commonwealth games 2022

• Birmingham was the host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
• Birmingham was announced as host on 21 December 2017.

Commonwealth games 2022 Mascot

• Perry, a multi-coloured bull is the official mascot for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.

• Perry is named after an area of Birmingham, Perry Barr, which includes Perry Park and the main athletics stadium, Alexander Stadium.

• ten-year-old Emma Lou designed Perry from Bolton.

India’s flagbearers at Commonwealth Games 2022

Opening Ceremony

• Hockey player Manpreet Singh and badminton athlete PV Sindhu served as flag bearers for the country’s opening ceremony.

• PV Sindhu was also the flagbearer at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

Closing Ceremony

• Star paddler Sharath Kamal and world champion boxer Nikhat Zarin have been named India’s flag bearers for the Commonwealth Games 2022 closing ceremony in Birmingham.

Sports Authority of India (SAI) campaign for the Indian contingent at CWC 2022

• The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has launched “Create for India” campaign to encourage the Indian contingents participating in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

• India competes at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.

• It is India’s 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

• A total of 210 (106 men and 104 women) competitors participated in 16 games at the Commonwealth Games 2022.

• Squash player Anahat Singh became the youngest Indian athlete to compete at the Commonwealth Games at just 14 years of age.

• 45-year-old Lawn Bowls player Sunil Bahadur was the oldest player in the contingent.

• Sanket Sargar won India’s first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a silver in weightlifting.

• Mirabai Chanu has won India’s first Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.

• Tejaswin Shankar won India’s first medal in athletics at the Commonwealth games 2022. (Bronze medal / Men’s high jump final)

• India is not competing in 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball, netball, and rugby sevens.

• Indian para-athletes compete in athletics, para powerlifting, swimming, and table tennis.

• Sharath Kamal won Four (3 Golds and 1 Silver) medals in Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games 2022.

• Annu Rani wins India’s first-ever medal in women’s javelin throw in Commonwealth games history.

• Nitu Ghanghas is the second woman boxer after Mary Kom to win a gold medal in Commonwealth games history.

India’s Commonwealth games 2022 medal tally

• India finished its CWG 2022 as the fourth-best country on the medals table with 61 medals.

No	Athlete/Team	Medal	Event	Sport
1	Sanket Sargar	Silver	Men’s 55kg	Weightlifting
2	Gururaja Poojary	Bronze	Men’s 61kg	Weightlifting
3	Mirabai Chanbu	Gold	Women’s 49kg	Weightlifting
4	Bindyarani Devi	Silver	Women’s 55kg	Weightlifting
5	Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Gold	Men’s 67kg	Weightlifting
6	Achinta Sheuli	Gold	Men’s 73kg	Weightlifting
7	Sushila Devi Likmabam	Silver	Women’s 48kg	Judo
8	Vijay Kumar Yadav	Bronze	Men’s 60kg	Judo
9	Harjinder Kaur	Bronze	Women’s 71kg	Weightlifting
10	Indian women’s team	Gold	Women’s fours	Lawn bowls
11	Vikas Thakur	Silver	Men’s 96kg	Weightlifting
12	Indian men’s team	Gold	Men’s team	Table Tennis
13	Indian mixed team	Silver	Mixed team	Badminton
14	Lovepreet Singh	Bronze	Men’s 109kg	Weightlifting
15	Saurav Ghosal	Bronze	Men’s singles	Squash
16	Tulika Maan	Silver	Women’s +78kg	Judo
17	Gurdeep Singh	Bronze	Men’s +109kg	Weightlifting
18	Tejaswin Shankar	Bronze	Men’s high jump	Athletics
19	Murali Sreeshankar	Silver	Men’s long jump	Athletics
20	Sudhir	Gold	Men’s heavyweight	Para Powerlifting
21	Anshu Malik	Silver	Women’s 57kg freestyle	Wrestling
22	Bajrang Punia	Gold	Men’s 65kg freestyle	Wrestling
23	Sakshi Malik	Gold	Women’s 62kg freestyle	Wrestling
24	Deepak Punia	Gold	Men’s 86kg freestyle	Wrestling
25	Divya Kakran	Bronze	Women’s 68kg freestyle	Wrestling
26	Mohit Grewal	Bronze	Men’s 125kg freestyle	Wrestling
27	Priyanka Goswami	Silver	Women’s 10000m race walk	Athletics
28	Avinash Sable	Silver	Men’s 3000m steeplechase	Athletics
29	Indian men’s team	Silver	Men’s fours	Lawn Bowls
30	Jaismine Lamboria	Bronze	Women’s 60kg lightweight	Boxing
31	Pooja Gehlot	Bronze	Women’s 50kg freestyle	Wrestling
32	Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Gold	Men’s 57kg freestyle	Wrestling
33	Vinesh Phogat	Gold	Women’s 53kg freestyle	Wrestling
34	Naveen	Gold	Men’s 74kg freestyle	Wrestling
35	Pooja Sihag	Bronze	Women’s 76kg freestyle	Wrestling
36	Mohammad Hussamuddin	Bronze	Men’s 57kg featherweight	Boxing
37	Deepak Nehra	Bronze	Men’s 97kg freestyle	Wrestling
38	Rohit Tokas	Bronze	Men’s 67kg welterweight	Boxing
39	Sonalben Patel	Bronze	Women’s singles Classes 3-5	Para Table Tennis
40	Bhavina Patel	Gold	Women’s singles classes 3-5	Para Table Tennis
41	Women’s hockey team	Bronze	Women’s hockey	Hockey
42	Nitu Ghangas	Gold	Women’s 48kg minimumweight	Boxing
43	Amit Panghal	Gold	Men’s 51kg flyweight	Boxing
44	Eldhose Paul	Gold	Men’s triple jump	Athletics
45	Abdulla Aboobacker	Silver	Men’s triple jump	Athletics
46	Sandeep Kumar	Bronze	Men’s 10000m race walk	Athletics
47	Annu Rani	Bronze	Women’s javelin throw	Athletics
48	Nikhat Zareen	Gold	Women’s 50kg light flyweight	Boxing
49	Sharath Kamal / G Sathiyan	Silver	Men’s doubles	Table Tennis
50	Dipika Pallikal / Saurav Ghosal	Bronze	Mixed doubles	Squash
51	Kidambi Srikanth	Bronze	Men’s singles	Badminton
52	Women’s cricket team	Silver	Women’s T20	Cricket
53	Sharath Kamal / Sreeja Akula	Gold	Mixed doubles	Table Tennis
54	Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand	Bronze	Women’s doubles	Badminton
55	Sagar Ahlawat	Silver	Men’s 92+kg super heavyweight	Boxing
56	PV Sindhu	Gold	Women’s singles	Badminton
57	Lakshya Sen	Gold	Men’s singles	Badminton
58	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Bronze	Men’s singles	Table Tennis
59	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty	Gold	Men’s doubles	Badminton
60	Sharath Kamal	Gold	Men’s singles	Table Tennis
61	Men’s hockey team	Silver	Men’s hockey	Hockey

Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian medal winners by sport

Sport	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Total
Weightlifting	3	3	4	10
Judo	0	2	1	3
Lawn bowls	1	1	0	2
Table Tennis	3	1	1	5
Badminton	3	1	2	6
Squash	0	0	2	2
Para Powerlifting	1	0	0	1
Athletics	1	4	3	8
Wrestling	6	1	5	12
Boxing	3	1	3	7
Para Table Tennis	1	0	1	2
Hockey	0	1	1	2
Cricket	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	22	16	23	61

India’s 22 Gold Medals at Commonwealth Games 2022 (infographics)

Commonwealth Games 2022 medals tally

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	67	57	54	178
2	England	56	65	53	175
3	Canada	26	32	34	92
4	India	22	16	23	61
5	New Zealand	20	12	17	49
6	Scotland	13	11	27	51
7	Nigeria	12	9	14	35
8	Wales	8	6	14	28
9	South Africa	7	9	11	27
10	Northern Ireland	7	7	4	18

Major records of Indian athletes

Mirabai Chanu

• Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won India’s first Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.(Women’s 49Kg category)

• Last year, She won a silver medal in the 49kg category of the Women’s weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics.

• She became the first Indian weightlifter to win a silver medal in Olympics.

• She also becomes the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal after Karnam Malleswari.

Karnam Malleswari bagged bronze in the 69kg category at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Eldhose Paul

• India’s Eldhos Paul created history by winning the first gold medal in the men’s triple jump at Commonwealth Games 2022.

• He became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the triple jump at the World Athletics Championships.

Priyanka Goswami

• Priyanka Goswami becomes the first Indian woman to win a medal in the race walk, Athletics at Commonwealth Games 2022.

Vinesh Phogat

• Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian Games.

• She became the first Indian athlete to be nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards in 2019.

PV Sindhu

• PV Sindhu created history by winning her maiden gold in badminton women’s singles at Commonwealth Games 2022.

• PV Sindhu’s records at Commonwealth Games.

• Gold medal (Event: Mixed team) – 2018 Gold Coast

• Gold medal (Event: Women’s singles) – 2022 Birmingham

• Silver medal (Event: Women’s singles) – 2018 Gold Coast

• Silver medal (Event: Mixed team) – 2022 Birmingham

• Bronze medal (Event: Women’s singles) – 2014 Glasgow

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